Shorts

Familial exchanges spark three different points of view.

This film questions the quirky addictions of an eccentric family.

The emancipatory power of the queer imagination is combined with fan fiction tropes and magical realism.

On her way to school one morning, Billie unexpectedly finds a new friend.

A woman tries to flee from a sentient home that isn’t keen to let her get away.

A New Orleans hair salon becomes a place for communal reflection.

An examination of Joan Jett Blakk’s historic bid for the White House in 1992.

A delicate, empathic portrait of a survivor of the Khmer Rouge who is now visually impaired.

After crash-landing on an alien planet, a man experiences hope, love, and personal growth.

This film follows artist and architect Mohamad Hafez as he recreates—and attempts to understand—scenes from his native Syria to which he can no longer return.

A filmmaker grapples with her father’s early stages of Alzheimer’s.

The video game of life is played through stop-motion vignettes.

An immigrant dog walker finds connection in the hearts of the wealthy pets she cares for.

A feisty young girl faces her traumatic past while falling in love for the first time.

Three kids worry that their beloved school bus driver will be lonely this summer without them.

A dog protects its owner from a spooky figure at the door.

A view into the Black identity through twenty-six vignettes representing the letters of the alphabet.

Isabel, the new tee-girl at the golf course, finds mischievous ways to quietly rebel during her workday.

In a climate change-ravaged Earth, a desperate nomad searches for solace.

A woman is concerned about her family members’ illness.

Relationships to personal history, geography, and familial lineage layer and merge.

In the shadow of genocide, unsuspecting tourists enjoy a peaceful holiday.

A cosmetologist reflects on her experiences as we bear witness to her unusual work.

Hannele is going out for a walk with her friend when suddenly a dense and dangerous fog rises and pushes her into hysteria.

An otter finds its chosen family.

Avatars share a common life in a virtual universe while forms of digital beings multiply.

Examines the experiences of three interpreters of the Yugoslavia Tribunal in the Hague.

A Black family whose land is overwhelmed with ghosts from the past must confront the apparitions.

A mother’s dreams become strong premonitions for important moments.

Space explorers perform for the stars.

A couple must navigate serious relationship issues as a zombie apocalypse rages outside.

A supernatural entity shadows a thief named Manuel in Mexico City.

As clouds gather during a film shoot, an eager production manager attempts to ward off the rain and becomes Lemongrass Girl.

This film chronicles the archive of the establishment of the Guyanese Space Center.

A young girl teaches viewers the importance of kindness toward nature.

A tattoo artist is confronted by a client who knows the meaning of his body art.

Media installation artist Yvette Mayorga produces mesmerizing work.

A girl goes to live with her grandmother in the French countryside and makes unexpected connections.

Director Tsai Ming-Liang paints a nighttime scene with his camera of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay.

Oskar is heading home after an interview in Stockholm, when the gaze of another train passenger catches his eye.

After years of working as an informant for the FBI, Samir must decide how far he will go to protect his citizenship in the United States.

A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever.

Waves crash, a conversation is skewed, and time seems to repeat itself eternally.

A group of filmmakers is invited to search a cavern-esque treasure trove left by futurist Italian artist Giacomo Balla.

Ren longs to find completion in a world of merged couples.

Probes and explores abstract plains of color and light.

Two beings converse via text, a cyborg monkey finds a new family, and all the while the world burns.

An aspiring writer works to finalize a story for Pride, a school newspaper in 1980s Charlottesville, focusing on issues affecting Black students.

Three high school girls struggle to clear their names from an accusation that stains forever.

An attorney couple breaks the law to help their good friends and clients, The Weather Underground.

Boundaries dissolve between church, theater, faith.

Siblings regularly act out an escalation of petty cruelties and humiliations inspired by social networks.

The use of digital and analog techniques distort—and ultimately give new meaning to—photographs and film footage of an Iraqi family.

In Northern Brazil, the launch of a rocket sparks a cleaning woman’s imagination.

An experimental horror film told entirely from above the bathroom sink.

A woman meets new friends in a snowy woodland scene.

Two former lovers bump into each other on their daily commute.

Older generations are forced to question their worth while facing unmet emotional needs.

An artist explores and interprets the body.

A surreal cloud of anxiety hovers over a city and its citizens.

All cards on the table when a queer woman bring her partner home for the first time.

A woman sorting out her artist mother’s estate encounters an unexpected visitor who has shown up to claim an especially notorious piece.

After losing his great love and undergoing a lobotomy, Harold’s mind turns inside out as he intensely searches for peace.

A young student questions the meaning of success while vying for a spot at the prestigious National Spelling Bee.

This film explores a precious archive of collected materials.